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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024se•quence /ˈsikwəns/USA pronunciation n., v., -quenced, -quenc•ing. n. - the following of one thing after another:[uncountable]to arrange the cards in sequence.
- a continuous group or series of things:[countable]a sonnet sequence.
- Show Business a series of related scenes that make up an episode in a film:[countable]In the final sequence the villain falls into a vat of acid.
v. [~ + object] - to place in a sequence.
See -seq-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•quence (sē′kwəns),USA pronunciation n., v., -quenced, -quenc•ing. n. - the following of one thing after another;
succession. - order of succession:a list of books in alphabetical sequence.
- a continuous or connected series:a sonnet sequence.
- something that follows;
a subsequent event;
result;
consequence. - Music and Dancea melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.
- Music and Dance[Liturgy.]a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel;
prose. - Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.
- Games[Cards.]a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, esp. of the same suit.
- Genetics, Biochemistrythe linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.
- Mathematicsa set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers;
a map from the positive integers to a given set.
v.t. - to place in a sequence.
- Biochemistryto determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), esp. nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
- Late Latin sequentia, equivalent. to sequ- (stem of sequī to follow) + -entia -ence
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See series.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged arrangement.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged outcome, sequel.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sequence /ˈsiːkwəns/ n - an arrangement of two or more things in a successive order
- the successive order of two or more things: chronological sequence
- an action or event that follows another or others
- a set of three or more consecutive cards, usually of the same suit
- a set of two or more consecutive cards
- an arrangement of notes or chords repeated several times at different pitches
- an ordered set of numbers or other mathematical entities in one-to-one correspondence with the integers 1 to n
- a section of a film constituting a single continuous uninterrupted episode
- the unique order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein or of nucleotides in the polynucleotide chain of DNA or RNA
vb (transitive)- to arrange in a sequence
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin sequentia that which follows, from Latin sequī to follow |